Obama to bring re-election campaign through Melbourne, West Palm Beach on Sunday

The Associated Press
President Barack Obama waves to supporters as he arrives at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday.

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WEST PALM BEACH TICKETS

President Obama will be at the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Okeechobee Boulevard on Sunday

Doors will open at 2:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required for admission.

The precise time Obama will speak is not specified.

One ticket per person will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the following Organizing for America locations:

West Palm Beach, 3008 S. Dixie Highway.

Riviera Beach, 3520 Broadway.

Boynton Beach, 3200 S. Congress Ave.

Wellington, 12785 W. Forest Hill Boulevard, Suite 8C.

Boca Raton, 6020 N. Federal Highway.

President Barack Obama plans to bring his re-election campaign to Melbourne and West Palm Beach on Sunday with a speech that focuses on the economy as part of a two-day swing through Florida.

Details of the time and location of his Brevard County appearance are expected to be announced Thursday, after logistics are worked out.

Tickets to the event likely will be distributed at one or more Brevard County locations on a first-come, first-served basis.

Obama's bus tour through Florida follows the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., where Obama on Wednesday was officially nominated for re-election.

Obama plans to make stops Saturday in Seminole, near St. Petersburg, then in Kissimmee. He will stop in Melbourne and West Palm Beach on Sunday.

Tickets already are available for the free West Palm Beach appearance, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

Obama will be delivering remarks at the center on Okeechobee Boulevard. The doors will open at 2:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required for admission. The precise time Obama will speak was not specified Wednesday evening.

The campaign indicated that the appearances in Florida will focus on the economy.

"While on the tour, the president will discuss the choice in this election between moving forward with his plan for continuing to build an economy that's meant to last, from the middle out, or going back to the same failed top-down economic policies that crashed our economy and punished the middle class," the campaign said in a statement announcing the tour.

"The president will lay out what's at stake for middle-class families in this election and his plan to continue to restore middle-class security by paying down our debt in a balanced way that ensures everyone pays their fair share and still invests in the things we need to create jobs and grow our economy over the long term, like education, energy, innovation and infrastructure."

Beth McMillen, chair of the Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee, said local Democrats are excited.

Brevard County Commissioner Robin Fisher of Titusville and attorney and former Rockledge City Council member Kendall Moore said Obama campaign representatives contacted them over the weekend to gauge their interest in meeting privately with the president. Both said they were interested, and submitted information needed for security clearance.

Fisher said he plans to talk with the president about the space program and jobs. He met with the president during Obama's most recent visit Brevard, in April 2010, when the president announced a new space exploration strategy at Kennedy Space Center.

Obama's Saturday stops include the St. Petersburg College Seminole campus and the Kissimmee Civic Center.